Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Ancient Jewish village found in Galilee

YNet NewsAn archaeological dig led by a professor from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama has uncovered the remains of an ancient Jewish village in Israel.Samford Prof. James Riley Strange said the site of the village in Galilee includes an ancient synagogue, houses and evidence of pottery production in the old Jewish village of Shikhin. The site is about five miles northwest of Nazareth. Read more